Named by the proprietors from Gloucester, Massachusetts, New Gloucester began as a frontier town, as it was the most inland settlement in Maine at the time. Incorporated in 1774, the town has been called home by such notables as mapmaker and author Moses Greenleaf, artist D. D. Coombs, original proprietor of the town of Foxcroft Joseph E. Foxcroft, traveling minister Ephraim Stinchfield, Abraham Lincoln's secretary of treasury William Pitt Fessenden, and abolitionist Samuel Fessenden. Shak...

A master practitioner teaches, with 200 sample electrocardiograms, a simple but powerfully enlightening scientific approach to the art of EKG interpretation. Moving beyond the traditional practice of many books that stress technical skill and pattern recognition, Dr. Blake demonstrates in detail how tracings may be interpreted with consistency and confidence. By examining each tracing much like a patient in a physical examination, the author provides a full description of its findings and ...

Trace the immersive culinary history of a minced meat patty that conquered global pop culture and shaped modern society. Perfect for a nostalgic road trip or your daily commute, this evocative journey transports you from bustling roadside diners to gleaming fast-food empires. Experience the sizzle of the grill while exploring how a quick meal for factory workers transformed into an international emblem of both comfort and controversy.As you prep dinner or unwind for the evening, le...

Transform from a confused beginner into a confident problem-solver with this practical guide to programming logic. Perfect for your morning commute, this encouraging audio experience replaces intimidating jargon with accessible analogies. Stop blindly copying tutorials and start rewiring your brain to think like a professional software developer.Whether you are upskilling for a career change or tackling your first tech project, mastering core coding concepts has never felt this ach...

Electrocardiography is a mature discipline, so familiar to both doctors and patients that it's hardly noticed, one of those tests that have always been there, like the white count and hemoglobin, not something one has to think about much, or question. To some extent this view is valid, but it overlooks some important points. Like the white count and hemoglobin, electrocardiograms are produced by technicians using mechanical devices that turn out numbers, but there is a difference. The whit...

Harlequin® Presents brings you a collection of four new titles! This Presents box set includes:THE ITALIAN'S CHRISTMAS SECRETOne Night With Consequencesby Sharon KendrickWhen chauffeur Keira Ryan drives into a snowdrift, she and Matteo Valenti must find a hotel—and end up spending one sizzling night! It's Christmastime again before Matteo uncovers Keira's secret. Now it's time to claim his heir…THE SULTAN DEMANDS HIS H...

This volume provides a comprehensive account of how scholarship on affect and scholarship on texts have come to inform one another over the past few decades. The result has been that explorations of how texts address, elicit, shape, and dramatize affect have become central to contemporary work in literary, film, and art criticism, as well as in critical theory, rhetoric, performance studies, and aesthetics. Guiding readers to the variety of topics, themes, interdisciplinary dialogues, and ...

In The Liberty to Take Fish, Thomas Blake Earle offers an incisive and nuanced history of the long American Revolution, describing how aspirations to political freedom coupled with the economic imperatives of commercial fishing roiled relations between the young United States and powerful Great Britain.The American Revolution left the United States with the "liberty to take fish" from the waters of the North Atlantic. Indispensable to the economic health of the new...

Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775-76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Written in clear and persuasive prose, Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. It was published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution, and became an immediate sensation. It was sold and distributed widely and read aloud at taver...

Harlequin® Presents brings you a collection of four new titles! This Presents box set includes:**A VIRGIN TO REDEEM THE BILLIONAIREBy Dani Collins**Ruthless billionaire Kaine has just given Gisella a shocking ultimatum: use her spotless reputation to save his own or he’ll ruin her family for betraying him! But uncovering sweet Gisella’s virginity makes Kaine want her for so much more than revenge...CROWN PRINCE’S BOUGHT BRIDE

Harlequin Presents brings you four new titles for one great price! This Presents bundle includes Playing by the Greek's Rule by USA TODAY bestselling author Sarah Morgan, The Sultan's Harem Bride by USA TODAY bestselling author Annie West, Innocent in His Diamonds by Maya Blake and Claimed by the Sheikh by Rachael Thomas.Look for 8 new exciting stories every month from Harlequin Presents!

Dive into a classic work from the author responsible for beloved novels such as Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd. Combining elements of romance and psychological suspense, A Pair of Blue Eyes is a rewarding and enthralling read.